2010 A Championship

Newstalk A Championship

Season	2010
Champions	UCD A
← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 A Championship was the third edition of the A Championship and was known as the Newstalk A Championship for sponsorship reasons.

Shamrock Rovers A were the defending champions.

League Rules

Procedure

There were 18 participating clubs in the 2010 A Championship - 5 first team sides, as well as the reserve sides from 10 Premier Division clubs and 3 First Division clubs. These teams were geographically split into 2 groups of 9 teams each.

Teams received three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points were awarded for a loss. Teams were ranked by total points, then goal difference and then goals scored. If there was equality in points, goal difference and goals for tallies, the clubs involved took part in a play-off to decide their finishing positions.

The top team in each group qualified for the championship play-offs.

First team sides could qualify for a promotion play-off by finishing in the top 3 of their respective groups.

Teams

Castlebar Celtic

Drogheda United A

Dundalk A

Finn Harps A

Sligo Rovers A

Tullamore Town

Bray Wanderers A

Cobh Ramblers

FC Carlow

Galway United A

Limerick A

Tralee Dynamos

Dublin

Dublin teams Listing for each group from North to South

Group 1
Sporting Fingal A
Shelbourne A
Bohemians A
Group 2
St Patrick's Athletic A
UCD A
Shamrock Rovers A

Location of teams in 2010 A Championship

Changes before the season

Salthill Devon won promotion to the 2010 First Division following the withdrawal of Kildare County from the 2010 season.

Cork City A and Derry City A withdrew from the A Championship, following both ceasing to exist. The following teams joined the 2010 A Championship in Group 1:

• Shelbourne A

The following teams joined the 2010 A Championship in Group 2:

• Limerick A
• UCD A

Bohemians A and Sporting Fingal A moved from Group 2 to Group 1.

Galway United A moved from Group 1 to Group 2.

Participating teams

Team	Base	Stadium	Comment
Bohemians A	Dublin	AUL	The A team of Premier Division team Bohemians
Bray Wanderers A	Bray	Golden Ball (Wayside Celtic)	The A team of Premier League team Bray Wanderers
Castlebar Celtic	Castlebar	Celtic Park	First team side, eligible for promotion
Cobh Ramblers	Cobh	St Colman's Park	First team side, eligible for promotion
Drogheda United A	Drogheda	Hunky Dorys Park	The A team of Premier Division team Drogheda United
Dundalk A	Dundalk	Oriel Park	The A team of Premier Division team Dundalk
FC Carlow	Carlow	The Valley, Ballon	First team side, eligible for promotion
Finn Harps A	Ballybofey	Finn Park	The A team of First Division team Finn Harps
Galway United A	Galway	Athenry	The A team of Premier Division team Galway United
Limerick A	Limerick	Riverside Park, Shannon	The A team of First Division team Limerick FC
St Patrick's Athletic A	Dublin	Richmond Park	The A team of Premier Division team St Patrick's Athletic
Shamrock Rovers A	Dublin	Tallaght Stadium	The A team of Premier Division team Shamrock Rovers
Shelbourne A	Dublin	Tolka Park	The A team of First Division team Shelbourne
Sligo Rovers A	Sligo	Showgrounds	The A team of Premier Division team Sligo Rovers
Sporting Fingal A	Dublin	ALSAA	The A team of Premier Division team Sporting Fingal
Tralee Dynamos	Tralee	Cahermoneen, Tralee	First team side, eligible for promotion
Tullamore Town	Tullamore	Leah Victoria Park	First team side, eligible for promotion
UCD A	Dublin	UCD Bowl	The A team of Premier Division team UCD

League tables

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bohemians A (A)	16	12	1	3	40	14	+26	37	Qualification to the A Championship play-off
2	Sporting Fingal A	16	11	3	2	39	20	+19	36
3	Dundalk A	16	8	2	6	34	31	+3	26
4	Sligo Rovers A	16	7	1	8	26	28	−2	22
5	Finn Harps A	16	6	2	8	24	31	−7	20
6	Shelbourne A	16	6	2	8	19	32	−13	20
7	Castlebar Celtic	16	4	4	8	30	35	−5	16
8	Tullamore Town	16	4	3	9	18	33	−15	15
9	Drogheda United A	16	3	4	9	24	30	−6	13

Source: loi.ie
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Note: Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	UCD A (C) (A)	16	12	3	1	47	6	+41	39	Qualification to the A Championship play-off
2	Cobh Ramblers (A)	16	9	2	5	27	19	+8	29	Qualification to the promotion/relegation play-off
3	St Patrick's Athletic A	16	8	2	6	25	21	+4	26
4	Shamrock Rovers A	16	7	4	5	31	17	+14	25
5	FC Carlow	16	7	4	5	25	20	+5	25
6	Limerick A	16	6	3	7	16	20	−4	21
7	Tralee Dynamos	16	5	3	8	19	34	−15	18
8	Bray Wanderers A	16	5	2	9	15	30	−15	17
9	Galway United A	16	1	1	14	10	48	−38	4

Source: loi.ie
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Note: Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Group 1

Home \ Away1	BOH	CAS	DRO	DUN	FHA	SHB	SLI	SFI	TUL
Bohemians A		0–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	4–1	3–1	5–0
Castlebar Celtic	0–4		3–3	3–6	3–0	1–2	5–0	1–3	4–0
Drogheda United A	0–3	0–04		0–3	5–0	6–3	0–0	2–3	4–1
Dundalk A	2–1	2–2	2–1		4–0	4–0	3–02	0–4	2–1
Finn Harps A	1–2	4–1	2–0	6–1		0–3	2–1	2–1	1–1
Shelbourne A	0–4	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0		0–33	1–4	0–0
Sligo Rovers A	2–3	3–2	4–1	3–1	1–0	2–0		1–2	2–0
Sporting Fingal A	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	3–0	3–2		3–2
Tullamore Town	1–1	4–1	2–1	3–1	1–3	0–1	2–1	0–3

Source: loi.ie
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²The match was awarded 3-0 to Dundalk A after Sligo Rovers A failed to show up.
³The match was awarded 3-0 to Sligo Rovers A after Shelbourne A could not field a team.
⁴Drogheda United A v Castlebar Celtic was not played and was awarded 0-0.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

Home \ Away1	BRW	COB	CAR	GAL	LIM	StP	SHA	TRA	UCD
Bray Wanderers A		0–3	2–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–0	0–35
Cobh Ramblers	2–1		1–1	2–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	5–0	0–0
FC Carlow	3–04	0–2		1–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–1
Galway United A	1–2	1–3	0–32		0–2	2–4	0–2	0–2	0–8
Limerick A	3–03	1–3	0–1	1–1		0–1	2–1	0–2	0–4
St Patrick's Athletic A	1–3	5–0	1–1	3–0	1–1		2–1	1–0	0–2
Shamrock Rovers A	4–1	2–1	0–0	5–2	0–0	1–0		10–2	0–0
Tralee Dynamos	1–2	2–4	2–5	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1		1–3
UCD A	2–2	1–0	4–0	6–0	4–0	5–0	3–1	1–0

Source: loi.ie
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²The match originally finished 2–1, but it was later awarded 3–0 to FC Carlow due to Galway United A having fielded an ineligible player.
³The match was awarded 3-0 to Limerick A after Bray Wanderers A could not field a team.
⁴The match was awarded 3-0 to FC Carlow after Bray Wanderers A could not field a team.
⁵The match was awarded 3-0 to UCD A after Bray Wanderers A could not field a team.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-Offs

A Championship Final

1 November 2010 19.45 GMT	UCD A	2 – 1	Bohemians A	UCD Bowl, Belfield Referee: Rhona Daly (Roscommon)
	Graham Rusk  1'  90+4'	Report	Paddy Madden  70'

First Division Promotion/Relegation play-off

1st Leg

2 November 2010 19.45 GMT	Cobh Ramblers	0 – 1	Salthill Devon	St. Colman's Park, Cobh Referee: Graham Kelly (Cork)
		Report	Mikey Gilmore  35'

2nd Leg

6 November 2010 19.45 GMT	Salthill Devon	2 – 1	Cobh Ramblers	Drom Clubhouse, Salthill Referee: J.Grimes (Dublin)
	Rob Porter  7' Ciprian Straut  90'	Report	Jamie Murphy  55'

Salthill Devon won 3–1 on aggregate and retain their place in the Airtricity League of Ireland First Division for 2011.

See also

• 2010 League of Ireland
• 2010 FAI Cup
• 2010 League of Ireland Cup
• 2010 A Championship Cup
• 2010 FAI Underage League

External links

• League of Ireland Official Website
• The Football Association of Ireland
• eleven-a-side.com
• extratime.ie
• foot.ie forum
• Cobh Ramblers Fans Forum